# Lender Loans Approved Median loan To startups
1 Huntington National Bank Bank · Columbus, OH
34,099 $8.8B $98,000 41% 2 TD Bank Bank · Wilmington, DE
14,816 $2.0B $50,000 29% 3 Newtek Bank Bank · Miami, FL
13,752 $5.7B $200,000 19% 4 Northeast Bank Bank · Portland, ME
13,548 $2.1B $125,000 11% 5 U.S. Bank Bank · Cincinnati, OH
13,058 $3.0B $41,000 34% 6 Manufacturers and Traders Trust Bank · Buffalo, NY
9,964 $1.2B $50,000 38% 7 Readycap Lending Non-bank lender · Berkeley Heights, NJ
9,681 $3.5B $104,000 15% 8 BayFirst National Bank Bank · St. Petersburg, FL
8,587 $1.5B $150,000 3% 9 Wells Fargo Bank Bank · Sioux Falls, SD
8,295 $2.2B $15,000 86% 10 Live Oak Banking Bank · Wilmington, NC
7,656 $10.0B $695,500 25% 11 JPMorgan Chase Bank Bank · Columbus, OH
7,412 $1.9B $200,000 8% 12 Celtic Bank Bank · Salt Lake City, UT
4,816 $2.7B $150,000 19% 13 Bank of America Bank · Charlotte, NC
3,961 $2.0B $315,000 17% 14 United Midwest Savings Bank Bank · Degraff, OH
3,576 $1.3B $150,000 80% 15 Lendistry SBLC Non-bank lender · Los Angeles, CA
3,563 $742.7M $150,000 1%
SBA 7(a) loans approved October 2021 to June 30, 2026. Median loan size varies 46-fold among these 15 lenders.
Alabama2,408 Alaska588 Arizona6,744 Arkansas1,577 California40,496 Colorado8,481 Connecticut4,368 Delaware1,044 District of Columbia690 Florida26,568 Georgia9,542 Guam35 Hawaii869 Idaho3,236 Illinois11,759 Indiana6,170 Iowa2,040 Kansas2,210 Kentucky2,397 Louisiana2,358 Maine1,858 Maryland5,490 Massachusetts8,763 Michigan11,647 Minnesota8,200 Mississippi1,578 Missouri5,137 Montana1,141 Nebraska1,690 Nevada3,601 New Hampshire2,722 New Jersey11,018 New Mexico1,317 New York20,670 North Carolina7,232 North Dakota786 Ohio16,513 Oklahoma2,477 Oregon4,859 Pennsylvania10,936 Puerto Rico2,775 Rhode Island1,315 South Carolina3,649 South Dakota1,054 Tennessee3,757 Texas24,017 U.S. Virgin Islands79 Utah6,124 Vermont851 Virginia5,811 Washington8,664 West Virginia872 Wisconsin5,807 Wyoming586
Why this matters
1,681 banks made at least one SBA 7(a) loan since October 2021, but a few dozen make most of them, and each one has a sweet spot.
Among the 15 most active lenders, the median loan runs from $15,000 to $695,500. Some lenders fund startups all the time and some almost never do. Applying to the wrong lender costs weeks.
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